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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2008
Zhiyong Zhai, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Michael A. Morich, Mentor, OH (US);
Gordon D. Demeester, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Zhiyong Zhai, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Michael A. Morich, Mentor, OH (US);
Gordon D. DeMeester, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A radio frequency coil comprises an annular conductor or parallel annular conductors () configured to support: (i) a uniform electrical current distribution generating a first Bfield (B) at a first magnetic resonance frequency directed out of a plane of the annular conductor or conductors; and (ii) a sinusoidal electrical current distribution generating a second Bfield (B) at a second magnetic resonance frequency directed parallel with the plane of the annular conductor or conductors. A magnetic resonance scanner comprises: a magnet () generating a static magnetic field (B); a magnetic field gradient system () configured to superimpose selected magnetic field gradients on the static magnetic field; and said radio frequency coil including said annular conductor or parallel annular conductors ().